Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears

Eight-year-old Queensland girl died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parents Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case was not “prioritised” or worked intensively because the staff member assigned to her case was “very busy”, a coroner has heard. The Queensland coroners court also heard the case worker may have been “overly influenced” by…

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Eight-year-old Queensland girl died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parents

Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case was not “prioritised” or worked intensively because the staff member assigned to her case was “very busy”, a coroner has heard.

The Queensland coroners court also heard the case worker may have been “overly influenced” by the presentation of Struhs’ “upper class home”, putting cases that believed to involve a more immediate risk ahead of Elizabeth’s.

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